Revisiting the climatology of atmospheric blocking in the Northern Hemisphere

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-410

  Cheung, Ho Nam ^a,b   Zhou, Wen ^a,b   Mok, Hing Yim ^c   Wu, Man Chi ^c   Shao, Yaping ^d  

^a City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Observatory   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmospheric blocking; climatology; East Asian circulation; seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873632803     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-012-2006-y     Document Type: Article

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